![]() ![]() As such, there were books, games, comics, and toys all centered around Dash Rendar, who helped the Rebels in their mission to save Han Solo in carbonite, and Prince Xizor, leader of Black Sun who wanted to capture Luke Skywalker for the Emperor and replace Darth Vader to become Palpatine's new apprentice.Ĭurrently, Shadows of the Empire is considered non-canon. Set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the event had all commercial avenues for a Star Wars project without releasing an actual movie. Star Wars Legends stories had a similar idea with syndicates becoming a major threat in the Star Wars galaxy thanks to 1996's transmedia initiative Shadows of the Empire. As seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Crimson Dawn is a vast criminal enterprise during the reign of the Empire. Likewise, this Shadow Collective would eventually reform as Maul's very own syndicate Crimson Dawn. Following Maul's survival and the restoration of his mind, he eventually gathered a Shadow Collective of crime syndicates to help him attack the planet Mandalore. While Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm in 2012 largely derailed Lucas' vision for the sequels, he had already begun setting up Maul's rise in the underworld, as seen in The Clone Wars. Not only would Darth Maul and Darth Talon have battled Luke Skywalker and his attempt to restore the Jedi Order, they would have also crossed paths with the New Republic and Leia, who would have been revealed as the true Chosen One. Essentially, Maul would have had his own apprentice, Darth Talon, in the years after the original trilogy, at that point having amassed enough power in the underworld to rise as a major threat with the Empire's demise. ![]() According to Lucas himself, the original plan was for Maul to become " t he godfather of crime in the universe. ![]()
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